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TV host Tabatha Coffey and dermatologist Dr. Doris Day speaks to the "Early Show" anchors about female hair loss, some of the common causes and treatment options.

In the sweltering heat of an early July afternoon, Michael R. Waters clambers down into a shadowy pit where a small hive of excavators edge their trowels into an ancient floodplain. A murmur rises from the crew, and one of the diggers gives Waters, an archaeologist at the Center for the Study of the First Americans at Texas A&M University, a dirt-smeared fragment of blue-gray stone called chert

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By making the facts simple to understand--and putting them in a rather prominent, poignant place--two creatives offer their skills to fight wealth disparity. As the Occupy Wall Street protests gain steam, their message is being broadcast to more people, via news stories, social media, and word of mouth.

Born limbless, Kyle Maynard intent on climbing Mt.

One of the pleasures of Scientific American , I’ve always thought, is that it offers armchair travelers a vicarious expedition to the exciting worlds uncovered through science. I reflected on that fact recently as I sat on the tarmac, my flight 23rd in line for takeoff at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. I was reading over this issue’s articles and again became absorbed by our cover story, “ The First Americans ,” by Heather Pringle.

New studies call into question bacterial role in second deadliest cancer

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Scientists weigh conventional test against HPV screening

Every now and then a prominent religious zealot proclaims that the end is nigh. Harold Camping is the most recent example of such a doomsayer.

Every parent needs a break from time to time--a few minutes to prepare dinner, do the laundry or quickly check e-mail. That's when the television suddenly becomes the best invention ever--an instant free babysitter that enthralls even the youngest infants and might, fingers crossed, even teach them a thing or two

According to many, downturns in the U.S. and European markets are primarily the result of unsustainable behaviors in the financial industry.

I sometimes think I could write an entirely different blog, devoted entirely to oral contraceptives. I don’t know that it would make any difference, but there is just SO much misinformation out there

Okay, maybe "hijack" is too strong a word--but Visual Revenue's "front page automation platform" gives media companies a scientific new tool to position their websites for the highest possible ad revenue. It's not, well, news that print advertising revenue is in free fall. Newspaper advertising peaked in 2000 , and in 2010 was down more than 50% from its highest point.

Apple's Siri is the AI poster girl for the iPhone 4S, and she's charming and clever--if limited. But based on the original tech Apple bought to make Siri work, we can say that in 2012 she'll charm your socks off, internationally. "Siri, why did Apple make you?"..."Apple doesn't tell me everything you know." Thus speaks Siri , the artificially intelligent personal digital assistant from the iPhone 4S that's all over the tech and regular press because she's charming, useful, novel (even if her sharp wit wasn't originally developed by Apple ), and works unlike almost every other encounter with voice-recognition tech you may have had: well.